Recently, technology provider IFS Corporation did a survey on ERP users in manufacturing ( Does ERP Mean Excel Runs Production?) Their surprising results showed that new employees (especially under age 40) were very unlikely to take a job with a company if they had to use a complex (usually vendor supplied) interface to a legacy application.
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